Yeah, I’m talking comparisons more. Transparency around moderation is hard, even with the most well intended moderators. I moderate for a subreddit with a little over 250k subscribers and seven moderators. We try to be consistent and transparent in what the rules are, how they are interpreted, and how we came to conclusions. Some unevenness is inevitable in what is a very human judgement (was this rule broken?) and there are some things we have to keep secret to avoid people working the system. I suspect that Facebook runs into the same issues and more, but at a larger scale.
Meanwhile, China seems like it just doesn’t particularly give a fuck. Like, The Epoch Times knows exactly why they’re blocked, but otherwise it might be kind of a crap shot. And from what I’ve heard, this means the authorities could show up at your offices if you’re less than diligent about censoring your users according to the unwritten rules. So companies do a little extra censoring… just in case.
Yeah, I’m talking comparisons more. Transparency around moderation is hard, even with the most well intended moderators. I moderate for a subreddit with a little over 250k subscribers and seven moderators. We try to be consistent and transparent in what the rules are, how they are interpreted, and how we came to conclusions. Some unevenness is inevitable in what is a very human judgement (was this rule broken?) and there are some things we have to keep secret to avoid people working the system. I suspect that Facebook runs into the same issues and more, but at a larger scale.
Meanwhile, China seems like it just doesn’t particularly give a fuck. Like, The Epoch Times knows exactly why they’re blocked, but otherwise it might be kind of a crap shot. And from what I’ve heard, this means the authorities could show up at your offices if you’re less than diligent about censoring your users according to the unwritten rules. So companies do a little extra censoring… just in case.